Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-06-02
SHERMAN SPEAKS.
He Adjusts His Political
Stakes i'm Illinois.
THE RAIN FAILS TO STOP HIM.
Awful Meanness of Democrats.
COunsels Repubs to do Like
wise--The Tariff.

Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD
SPRrssFIELD, ILL.,, June 1.-The bad
weather of to-day seriously interfered
with the Sherman reception at the Cap.-'
itol, so far as the out of door demonstra.
tions were concerned.
QUITE A STORM.
About IL O'Clock the rain set in, which
continued and soon caused them to
abandon the out of door. Recommendations.
Elaborate preparations had been made,
and seats and platforms in front of the
state House had been erected.
During the storm about thousand
people occupied their seats, but were
driven into the House Of Repre-
sentatives' hall by the rain. at 2 o'clock
PM. At this point the Committee de-
termined to remove the demonstration
to the shelter of the State House and
they soon rushed, and the crowd
pressed for entrance 10 the Assembly
Chamber. In short time some 1000
persons crowded into the galleries,
which were capable of ordinarily hold. :.
ing but 500 persons, and the more
favored, to the number of some l,50O,
were admitted to the floor of the House.
THE GREAT GUNS APPEAR.
As Senator Sherman, accompanied by
Governor Oglesby, Senators Cullom and
Farwell and the Stale officers and mem.
bers of the Managing Committee entered
the hall, they were greeted with loud
and continued applause. Senator Sher-
man was introduced by Governor
Oglesby.
SHERMAN s SPEECH.
Sherman. after paying tribute to the
Illinois Statesmen, and especially Lo-
g~n, gave history of the two great
political parties since the repeal of the
Missouri Compromise, showing the posi-
ton Of the Republicans and Democrats
on the questions of the War, Emancipa-
tion, Reconstruction and Suffrage.
AWFUL MEAN DEMOCRATS.
Referring to the Democracy in the
Southern States, Sherman said: "There
was not an intelligent man in the land
who does not know that Cleveland is
President by virtue of crimes against the
Electoral Franchise, intimidation, mur.
der, arson, Ballot Box stuffing, forging
and perjury. But for them Blaine
would now be in his place."
Continuing on this subject, he said
"The pressure OF these methods has
already affected the elections in some of
the great cities of the North, especially
Chicago and Cincinnati, where such
leaders as Mackin and Rosney perpetrat.
ed some of the meanest Of crimes to con-
troll the elections. Why should they
not?
ADVISE REPUBLICANS TO MEANNEss.
If crime should be resorted to by the
white Democrats of the South to cheat
and intimmidate the poor negroes in the
South, why should not the white Demo.
Gratis Of the north be permitted to re.
sort to forgery and perjury, to success
fully change the result Of elections in the
North? Why discriminate against
Mackin and Rosney by sending them to
the penitentiary when sending the Dem.
ocrats of the South for these ofTenses
to the Senate AMI the House and to rep.
resent this great Republic in the Foreign
Courts.
ADVOCATES UNITY OF REPUBLICANS.
The mission of the Republican party
will never end until every legal voter can
cast one honest vote and no more, and
have that vote counted.
THE TARIFF.
Speaking on the tariff, Sherman said
the revenues must be reduced, but he
opposed the reduction of duties on arti-
cles that we ourselves produce, thus
bringing our skilled artisans into com.
petition with Foreign labor that will in
evitably reduce the price of our domes.
tic labor.